Combination game and advertisement-case.



No. 637,434. Patented Nav. 2|, lass.

H. n. WADE. (HHIIBINATIUNl GAME AND ADVERTISEMENT CASE.

(Applicationled Jan. 27, 1898. Renewed Oct. 2, 1899.)

(Nd Model.)

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UNITED STATES? PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY R. WADE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF NINE-SIXTEENTHS TO DANIEL W. BOWMAN AND EDVARD WV. KOHNE, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION GAME AND ADVERT|SEIV|ENT=CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,434, dated November 21, 1899. Application filed January 27, 1898. Renewed October 2,1899. Serial No. 732,409. (N0 model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY R. NADE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention has relation to games; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of the game with a portion broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the game. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the game, and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the interior part having an inclined substantially spiral pathway.

The game consists of a transparent casing l and a transparent bottom 2, which is adapted to be secured to the easing l, the casing and the bottom forming a housing for the interior The said part 3 rests on the bottom 2 and at its top comes against the under face of the top of the casing l, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The edges of the part 3 [it snugly against the inner faces of the edges of the top 1, and thus the said part 3 is firmly held in its proper position. The part 3 is provided with an upwardly-inclined path 4, said path being of a rectangular nature and substantially spiral-that is, the lower portion of the path 4 extends around the edges'of the partv 3 and the remaining portion of the path being located within vthe lower portion of the sections of the path that extend in the same direction. being substantially parallel to each other. The elevated ridge 5 extends along the edge of the .path 4, said ridge being pro# vided at intervals with the notches 6 6. The path 4 is also provided at intervals -with the elevations 7, the tops of the said elevations being nearly tlush with the upper edge of the ridge 5. In the upper portion of the part 3 and at the end of the path 4 the indentations 8 S 8 are provided. The balls 9 are adapted to travel on the path 4.

The object of the game is to start the balls at the lower end of the path 4 and run them up the said path until they are deposited in the indentations 8. D urin g this operation the balls in passing over the elevations 7 are liable to fall from an upper section of the path 4 to a lower section of the same; also, in passing over said elevations they are liable to gain such momentum as to carry them over the next rectangularly-extending portion of the ridge v5, and thus they will drop into a lower section of the path 4. They are also liable to fall through the notches 6 from an elevated section of the path4to alower section, thus making quite a ditiicult feat to get the balls into the indentations 8. It requires considerable skill and calculation to get all of the balls in the indentations, as above described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A l.. A game consisting of a transparent casing, a part housed in said casing, said part having an inclined path, said path being made up of a number of rectangularly-extending sections, a ridge extending along the edge of the path, elevations located at suitable intervals in the path, indentations located at the upper end of the path, and balls adapted to travel on the path.

2. A game consisting of a transparent casing forming a housing, an inclined path located on said part, a ridge extending along the edge of the path, notches located in the upper edge of said ridge at suitable intervals, elevations located in the path at suitable intervals, indentations located at the upper end of the path, and balls adapted to travel on the path.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY WADE. 

